The immortal emperor: the life and legend of Constantine Palaiologos, last emperor of the Romans

The immortal emperor: the life and legend of Constantine Palaiologos, last emperor of the Romans

Author
Emperor of the East Constantine XI PalaeologusNicol, Donald MacGillivray
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Edition
1st pbk. ed
Year
2002;1992
Page
xiii, 148 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9780521894098,0521894093,9780521414562,0521414563
File Type
epub
File Size
7.0 MiB

Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls, but the actual circumstances of his death have remained surrounded in myth. In the years that followed it was said that he was not dead but sleeping - the 'immortal emperor' turned to marble, who would one day be awakened by an angel and drive the Turks out of his city and empire. Donald Nicol's book tells the gripping story of Constantine's life and death, and ends with an intriguing account of claims by reputed descendants of his family - some remarkably recent - to be heirs to the Byzantine throne.

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